Alan Lomax Quotes
The essence of America lies not in the headlined heroes...but in the everyday folks who live and die unknown, yet leave their dreams as legaciesAlan Lomax
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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
Karl Kraus -
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
Baruch Spinoza -
When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.
Sally Phillips -
Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
Ramakrishna -
More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
Barbara Boxer -
However, while the Nazi barbarians and their collaborators threatened the entire world, I could not accept his philosophy and, after several earlier attempts, was finally accepted into the Canadian Infantry Corps during the last year of World War II.
Walter Kohn
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I'll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age.
Salma Hayek -
I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.
Madeleine Albright -
I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.
Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet -
Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
R. Buckminster Fuller -
I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.
Vince Gill -
Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.
Pat Robertson
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We did major work at the White House. But what people often don't understand is that when you do a historic restoration, you can't just do whatever you want. You work alongside the fine-arts commission and are obliged to create a replica of the past, as close as humanly possible. It's a historic institution, not a showhouse.
Iris Apfel -
I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations.
Daniel Craig -
There is an element of mystique to radio, and I often listen to cricket commentary on radio, especially when one is stuck in a traffic jam.
Rahul Dravid -
We don't want to promote any system that treats the fact that an individual is LGBT as a personality disorder. And anything that perpetuates that perception is harmful - not only to that member of the community but the entire community.
Kamala Harris -
How short our span! If you once realized how brief, you would refrain from causing any beast or man the smallest grief, the slightest pain.
Angelus Silesius -
I wasn't an overbearing child. But I was aggressive. I always managed to get what I wanted somehow.
Kristy Swanson
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In time the truth will come out, I will be cleared.
Louise Woodward -
My law clerks come from diverse backgrounds and points of view.
Brett Kavanaugh -
The financial catastrophe of 2008 nearly precipitated a calamitous economic depression, jolting America and much of the West into a sudden recognition of their systemic vulnerability to unregulated greed.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
The distinction between reality and fiction in America seems like it is becoming really blurry. With its religious fanaticism, reality TV programs and fake news broadcasts being aired by the government, the States feel like they are entering the Dark Ages.
Dana Schutz -
First of all, I don't think that America is truly prepared for a biological or a chemical attack. However, we are moving in the right direction.
Saxby Chambliss -
The essence of America lies not in the headlined heroes...but in the everyday folks who live and die unknown, yet leave their dreams as legacies
Alan Lomax